| Name | CVE-2015-6908 |
| Description | The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-309-1, DSA-3356-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 798622 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openldap (PTS) | jessie | 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u4 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u3 | fixed | |
| stretch | 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2.4.46+dfsg-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openldap | source | (unstable) | 2.4.42+dfsg-2 | medium | 798622 | |
| openldap | source | jessie | 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u1 | medium | DSA-3356-1 | |
| openldap | source | squeeze | 2.4.23-7.3+deb6u2 | medium | DLA-309-1 | |
| openldap | source | wheezy | 2.4.31-2+deb7u1 | medium | DSA-3356-1 |
http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git;a=commitdiff;h=6fe51a9ab04fd28bbc171da3cf12f1c1040d6629
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=8240;selectid=8240
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/2